# Kakching Man vs State of Manipur and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 August 2010 in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 16 of 2006, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Madan B. Lokur, Ashok Potsangbam, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 16 of 2006 / (2010) 6 GLR 609
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: Madan B. Lokur, Ashok Potsangbam, JJ.), 23 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Kakching Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It cannot be seriously disputed that a Kakching man was tortured to death by the local police, although this is denied.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/415571/khsetrimayum-ghane-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0009)

**Record:** CW-2010-0009 (compiler id CWC-0268); case NORTHE-009; aliases: CWC-0525
**Title:** Kakching Man vs State of Manipur and Others
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; bench: Imphal; judges: Madan B. Lokur; Ashok Potsangbam
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 16 of 2006 / (2010) 6 GLR 609
**Judgment:** 2010-08-23 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-01-01 (2006)
**Place:** Kakching, Manipur (district at time: Thoubal); city town: Kakching; police station or unit: Kakching Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Kakching man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench) held that a Kakching man died as a result of torture by police personnel of Kakching Police Station after being arrested in connection with his wife's death. Accepting the inquiry report of the District Judge, Manipur West, the Division Bench rejected police denials and confirmed custodial violence. The court awarded Rs 5,00,000 as compensation to be held in fixed deposits for the victim's two minor children until they attain 21 years of age. Additionally, the High Court directed the Director General of Police to conduct an in-house enquiry personally or through an officer not below DIG rank to initiate departmental action against the responsible police personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It cannot be seriously disputed that a Kakching man was tortured to death by the local police, although this is denied.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/415571/khsetrimayum-ghane-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/); [kanglaonline.in](https://kanglaonline.in/2010/08/hc-tells-govt-to-pay-rs-5-lakh-to-kin-of-custodial-death-victim/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/415571/pdf/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 6
**display title redacted:** Kakching Man vs State of Manipur and Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-08-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2010) 6 GLR 609', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/415571/khsetrimayum-ghane-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://kanglaonline.in/2010/08/hc-tells-govt-to-pay-rs-5-lakh-to-kin-of-custodial-death-victim/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/415571/pdf/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Gauhati HC (Imphal Bench) held Kakching police tortured a Kakching man to death, awarding Rs 5,00,000 compensation and ordering departmental inquiry.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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